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Studying Application–Library Interaction and Behavior with LibTrac

Bisolfati, Eric
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Marinescu, Paul
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Candea, George  
2010
2010 IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems & Networks (DSN)
International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks

The boundary between programs and libraries is an appealing location for injecting faults during testing: the cost of doing so is low, and one can emulate a wide range of errors. Several tools exist, but using them faces the challenge of deciding exactly which library calls to fail, when, and in what way. The space of possibilities is vast, and the choice of injection scenario can substantially influence test effectiveness. We present LibTrac, a tool for studying the program/library boundary for the purpose of choosing fault injection scenarios. LibTrac can answer questions like: What classes of library functions does a program use? How does the program behave when these calls fail? Are there usage patterns that are more common than others? Unlike similar tools (like ltrace), LibTrac is lightweight and does not influence the behavior of the studied program. We expect LibTrac to be useful to anyone who is considering incorporating library-level fault injection in their software testing strategy. To illustrate LibTrac's effectiveness, we report the results of studying 13 real-world systems with LibTrac.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1109/DSN.2010.5544267
Web of Science ID

WOS:000287078300060

Author(s)
Bisolfati, Eric
Marinescu, Paul
Candea, George  
Date Issued

2010

Publisher

Ieee Service Center, 445 Hoes Lane, Po Box 1331, Piscataway, Nj 08855-1331 Usa

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2010 IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems & Networks (DSN)
Start page

563

End page

568

Subjects

reliability

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software testing

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fault injection

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REVIEWED

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Event nameEvent placeEvent date
International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks

Chicago, IL

June 2010

Available on Infoscience
February 26, 2010
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/47744
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